†Melittosphex burmensis Poinar and Danforth 2006 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Melittosphecidae
Full reference: G. O. Poinar and B. N. Danforth. 2006. A fossil bee from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Science 314:614
Belongs to Melittosphex according to G. O. Poinar and B. N. Danforth 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OSU B-hy-7, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection)
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